King James Version

Job 22:24

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

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וְשִׁיתveshitand applyשִׁיתconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and apply”, a commandH7896to place (in a very wide application)apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase] regard, set, shew, be stayed, [idiom] take.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…עָפָ֥רafardustעָפָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dust”, the ordinary formH6083dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mudashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.בָּ֑צֶרbatsergold defenceבֶּצֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “gold defence”, the ordinary formH1220strictly a clipping, i.e. gold (as dug out)gold defence.וּבְצ֖וּרuvetsurand in edgeצוּרconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and in edge”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6697properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)edge, [idiom] (mighty) God (one), rock, [idiom] sharp, stone, [idiom] strength, [idiom] strong. See also H1049 (בֵּית צוּר).נְחָלִ֣יםnechalimbrookנַחַלnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “brook”, the ordinary formH5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)brook, flood, river, stream, valley.אוֹפִֽירofirOphirאוֹפִירnoun, proper name — “Ophir”H211Ophir, the name of a son of Joktan, and of a gold region in the EastOphir.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And lay thy treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

Young’s Literal Translation

So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.

World English Bible

Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.

Darby Translation

And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,

Douay-Rheims

He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And lay thy treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou shalt lay up for thyself treasure in a heap on the rock; and Sophir shall be as the rock of the torrent.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Θήσῃ ἐπὶ χώματι ἐν πέτρᾳ, καὶ ὡς πέτρα χειμάῤῥου Σωφίρ.